Project Coordinator- Travel Required

MediaNews Group; Elm (PA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MediaNews Group is seeking a Project Manager to drive agile-driven product development and serve as a servant leader for an agile team. You will balance scope, schedule, and cost while managing risks and keeping stakeholders informed across the organization.

The role involves running a scrum team on larger programs, ensuring SDLC standards, and guiding agile ceremonies. Remote role with residence requirements in specific US states; strong emphasis on communication and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of agile project management experience.
• Experience leading projects with cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and agile ceremonies.

Responsibilities

• Apply agile and occasional waterfall methodologies to initiatives from idea to launch.
• Lead all aspects of the project, including planning, execution, delivery, quality, risk, and communication.
• Maintain accountability for project delivery to PMO, business owner, and stakeholders.
• Create initial project planning documentation: assumptions, constraints, measures of success, risks, and schedules.
• Report progress, risks, and issues to management and stakeholders; resolve blockers.
• Contribute to quarterly planning, Scrum of Scrums, and agile ceremonies.
• Lead facilitation using standard scrum and scaled agile methodologies.
• Enforce work priorities with product owner, business owner, and stakeholders; obtain sign-off on key deliverables.
• Conduct post-project reviews and retrospectives; document lessons learned.
• Draft and archive project artifacts; add documentation to repository for future use.
• Familiarity with Jira, Trello, Asana, and similar PM platforms.

Skills

Agile PM

Digital media experience

Education

PMP certification

CSM certification

Tools

Jira

Trello

Asana

Job description

A Project Manager at MediaNews Group is responsible for the flow of work through product development and acts as a servant leader and coach for an agile team. You will lead the team via agile practices, ensuring that the agreed-upon process is followed. In a larger project management context, you will be responsible for balancing the competing needs of scope, schedule, and cost, while uncovering and monitoring risks. Finally, the Project Manager keeps stakeholders apprised of the status of a project or ongoing product development and is highly visible throughout the organization.

You will be running a scrum team and playing the role of project manager on a larger program as needed. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX.

Responsibilities

• Apply agile and occasional waterfall methodologies and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practices to initiatives from idea to launch and beyond, while ensuring alignment with SDLC standards and company strategy
• Lead all aspects of the project, including planning, execution, timely delivery, functionality, quality, issue tracking, and communication
• Maintain accountability for project delivery to the PMO, business owner, and stakeholders
• Create initial project planning documentation, including assumptions/constraints, measures of success, quality measures, risks, mitigation plans, issues, dependencies, schedules, and change control strategy
• Report progress, risks, and issues to management and project stakeholders; track risks, risk mitigation, known issues, change requests, and change impact in writing, and work to resolve blockers to completion
• Contribute to quarterly planning, Scrum of Scrums, all other agile ceremonies, and the project management community of practice
• Lead by facilitation using standard scrum and scaled agile methodologies
• Enforce the priorities of the work to be performed, as determined with the product owner, business owner, and project stakeholders; obtain product manager and client sign-off on key project deliverables
• Conduct post-project reviews, lessons-learned discussions, and retrospectives
• Draft and create project archives and process improvement plans based on lessons learned and retrospectives; Add project documentation to the repository for use in future projects
• Project management platform familiarity (Jira, Trello, Asana, etc.)

Qualifications

• Web technology platform knowledge preferred
• Experience in digital media strongly preferred
• Agile project management training and at least 2 years of experience
• Previous project management experience
• PMP or CSM certification preferred

Remuneration & Benefits

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to geographic location, education, work experience, time in role, certifications, etc.

In addition to your salary, the Company offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401k, as well as paid time off and select paid holidays (all benefits are based on eligibility).

Company Information

MediaNews Group is a leading local news provider and digital marketing partner, with a 175+ year history dedicated to delivering impactful journalism and advertising that informs, inspires, and engages readers across diverse, local communities. With a portfolio of 77 daily and over 150 weekly publications nationwide, our products reach 47.2 million readers monthly with essential local news and information, including through brands such as: The Denver Post, San Jose's The Mercury News, Boston Herald, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, The Orange County Register, and more. The Product & Technology team's mission is to create people-centric digital technology that empower our local news and partners by putting people, product, and performance first. Our team builds product experiences across MediaNews Group's entire digital portfolio, including local news publications and the Adtaxi digital marketing agency. At MediaNews Group, you’ll join a team that values expertise, continuous learning, and autonomy, while embracing business agility through decentralized decision-making and scaled agile principles.

Equal Opportunity

All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.